

Our “Spinning Back Clique” panel of Mike Bohn, “Gorgeous” George Garcia, and “The Goze” Brian Garcia discuss five topics with host John Morgan.Ĭheck out the discussion in the clip above and watch the full episode in the video below. Was Cruz wrong here? Should the former bantamweight champ have discussed his opinions with Cormier in private? Cruzs technical mastery was on full display in his most recent fight against Casey Kenney at UFC 259.Despite being the underdog, Cruz won the fight by. Cormier felt it was out of line for Cruz to say what he did publicly. 3,393 Location: Napoli, Italy French Canadian said: It was especially a good thing when he talked about the very basic but underated move of letting yourself be hit in the face multiple times to. Shortly after Cruz delivered his remarks, Cormier sat Cruz down to confront him in an unfiltered debate. As arguably the greatest bantamweight champion in UFC history, Cruz hears his name uttered by a lot of fighters following wins and it happened. Since Dillashaw took care of former bantamweight champ Renan Barao for a second time at UFC on. Dominick Cruz is no stranger to call outs. However, before and after the fight, most of the conversation revolved around his criticism of Cormier, in which he stated the former champ does not watch tape to prepare to call the fights he commentates on. Please, oh please, let TJ Dillashaw fight Dominick Cruz soon. Who knows what’s what here, but it sure is a trip flipping through Molenkamp’s Instagram with Cruz’s accusations in mind.Dominick Cruz sparked quite the debate before his fight at UFC 269.Īt the pre-fight media day, Cruz severely criticized former two-division champion Daniel Cormier’s commentary preparation, which immediately became one of the bigger stories of fight week.Ĭruz faced Pedro Munhoz on the prelims of Saturday’s card and won a hard-fought unanimous decision to make it back-to-back wins in 2021. “So if you don’t like the way they do business, don’t do business with them,” he concluded. Dominick Cruz accused referee Keith Peterson of smelling like alcohol and cigarettes after a controversial second-round stoppage in his title fight loss to Henry Cejudo at UFC 249. It’s a privilege to get money from a sponsor. Shortly after defeating Casey Kenney via split decision on the undercard of UFC 259, former bantamweight champion Dominick Cruz wrapped up his post-fight interview with a call-out nobody. These guys can spend their money and run their company however they want to and nobody’s guaranteed money from a sponsor. Dominick Cruz gets unanimous decision over Casey Kenney, but goes off on UFC sponsor Monster Energy’s Hans Molenkamp, accusing him of ‘holding fighters hostage’. “This isn’t like a work situation where you’re working for somebody and you’re not happy about the way you’re being treated,” he continued. They can sponsor whoever they want, they can run their business however they want. UFC commentators Joe Rogan and Dominick Cruz were left outraged after noticing one of the judges was not even watching a fight at UFC 247 on Saturday night. Dominick Cruz explains call out of ‘clout chasing’ Monster Energy exec Hans Molenkamp.

Monster is one of these companies that really, really takes care of people and it’s their company. These guys are a sponsor, they’re great sponsors, they pay these guys a lot of money. “Is Hans a goofy dude? Yeah, he’s a very goofy dude,” White said.

Well, about as political as he’s going to get. Dana's opinion on the guy! /wCjgQZmtk7- Tom March 7, 2021Īfter UFC 259, White took a more “political” stance on the subject.
